Co-Pt bimetallic catalysts for the selective oxidation of carbon monoxide in hydrogen-containing mixtures

The performance of a Co-Pt powder and of Co-Pt catalysts supported on γ-Al₂O₃ and on the graphite-like carbon material Sibunit in selective CO oxidation in hydrogen-containing mixtures is considered. Fine particles of metal-metal solid solutions and intermetallides were obtained by the decomposition of a Co- and Pt-containing double complex salt in a hydrogen atmosphere at ～400°C. As compared to their Pt and Co monometallic counterparts, the bimetallic catalysts are more active and allow the CO concentration in hydrogen-containing mixtures to be reduced from 1 to 10^?3 vol %. This effect is likely due to the formation of bimetallic particles of a Co-Pt solid solution on the support surface.     

Energy barriers to carousel rearrangements of carbocations: Quantum-chemical calculations vs. experiment

By DFT method energy barriers were calculated for carousel rearrangements of bicyclo[3.1.0]hexenyl, cyclobutenyl, and homotropylium cations. A plausible agreement between calculated and experimental findings was found.     

Photochemical synthesis of 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9-octamethyl-C2V-bishomocubane

1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9-Octamethyl-C_2V-bishomocubane was prepared by the photochemical cyclization of 1R,3S,4,5,6R,8S,9,10-octamethyltricyclo[6.2.0.0^3,6]deca-4,9-di-ene in benzene.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1440–1442, June, 1991.The authors express their gratitude to V. I. Eroshkin for a number of valuable suggestions for carrying out the photochemical experiments.     

Crystal and molecular structure of 6b,7,8,8a-tetramethyl-6b,8a-dihydrocyclobut[a]acenaphthylene and 1,2,2a,10b-tetramethyl-2a,10b-dihydrocyclobuta[l]phenanthrene

The crystal and molecular structure of 6b,7,8,8a-tetramethyl-6b,8a-dihydrocyclobut[a]acenaphthylene (I) and 1,2,2a,10b-tetramethyl-2a,10b-dihydrocyclobuta[l]phenanthrene (II) is established by XRD analysis. The C(6b)-C(8a) bond in I is lengthened to 1.603(3) ∢, and the C(2a)-C(10b) bond in II is prolonged to 1.589(6) ∢. The acenaphthene and dihydrophenanthrene frameworks are planar; the rms deviations of atoms from the plane are 0.011 and 0.032 ∢, respectively. Translated fromZhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 38, No. 6, pp. 1140–1145, November–December, 1997.     

Study of the protoporphyrin luminescence under selective laser excitation

The structural luminescence spectra of protoporphyrin IX solid solutions in ethanol and hydrochloric acid were obtained under selective laser excitation in the region of the inhomogeneouly broadened pure electronic and vibronic bands at T = 3.8 K. The dependence of the excitation selectivity on the excitation frequency was investigated. The vibrational frequencies of protoporphyrin IX were obtained in the ground and excited electronic states when the excitation frequency has been scanned in the region of pure electronic and vibronic bands, respectively. A universal apparatus is described for the investigation of the absorption and luminescence spectra of polyatomic molecules in the temperature range from 3.5 to 300 K under the dye laser excitation tunable in the spectral region 265–365 nm, 435–730 nm, detection of spectra in the region 300–900 nm with a polychromator and silicon intensified image detector and processing of the spectral information with an optical spectrum analyser controlled with a microcomputer.     

用于SCA ASIC测试的数字读出模块设计

高速开关电容阵列(SCA)具有高速采样、低功耗的特点,基于SCA的高速波形数字化是目前高精度时间测量的一个重要研究方向。为此,我们开展SCA芯片的研究,目前已设计完成原型ASIC设计,并正在进行后续版本的改进设计。为便于未来多版本ASIC的测试和评估,需设计具有一定通用性的数字读出模块,本论文工作主要介绍此模块的设计工作以及相应的数据读出软件。数字读出模块基于FPGA实现对待测ASIC的控制、配置及数据读出,采用DDR3片外存储芯片,使用USB3.0等接口进行数据传输;上位机软件基于Python3.7设计,实现了数据采集与波形绘制等功能。目前已使用设计完成的数字读出模块对第2版SCA ASIC进行了初步的测试,测试结果表明,此读出模块工作正常,且SCA芯片输出结果符合预期。     

Halogen bond between hypervalent halogens YF3/YF5 (Y=Cl,Br, I) and H2X (X= O,S, Se)

ABSTRACT

The complexes of H₂X (X?=?O, S, Se) with hypervalent halogens YF₃ and YF₅ (Y?=?Cl, Br, I) have been studied. The σ-hole on the Y atom participates in a halogen bond with the lone pair on the chalcogen atom. In addition, some secondary interactions coexist with the halogen bond in most complexes. The interaction energy correlates with the nature of both X and Y atoms. In most cases, the complex is more stable for the heavier Y atom and the lighter X atom. Of course, there are some exceptions in H₂X···YF₃. YF₃ forms a more stable complex with H₂X than does YF₅. These complexes are dominated by electrostatic interaction and the halogen bond involving H₂S and H₂Se exhibits some covalent character.

Halogen bond plays an important role in chemical reactions and multivalent halogens can regulate chemical reactions by participating in a halogen bond. Thus we compare the effect of the chalcogen electron donor on the strength and nature of halogen bonding involving multivalent halogens.